. Matthew Humphries for Geek.com:

Jordan Mechner may not be a name many of you know unless you are up-to-date with your video gaming history. He’s probably better known as the creator of Prince of Persia.

Jordan Mechner reports on his blog that his father discovered a treasure trove of floppy disks from Mechner’s early time in the video game industry. Among the disks recovered were ones containing the Apple II source code from Prince of Persia itself.

Mechner is working with a friend to recover the files to a MacBook Air, where he’ll be working to turn them “into some kind of 21st-century-readable format.”

It’s strictly a labor of love for Mechner, so don’t expect to download that converted source code in a useable format any time soon, but he advises to keep your eyes peeled on his social media presences to get the latest updates.

(Via Engadget)